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  GOOSE. 
  

  

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  Along 
  the 
  whole 
  Atlantic 
  slope 
  it 
  is 
  rare; 
  formerly, 
  perhaps, 
  it 
  was 
  

   not 
  uncommon, 
  but 
  at 
  present 
  it 
  is 
  hardl} 
  T 
  more 
  than 
  an 
  occasional 
  

   winter 
  visitant 
  north 
  to 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  New 
  Jerse} 
  r 
  , 
  and 
  an 
  accidental 
  

   migrant 
  to 
  New 
  England, 
  thence 
  north 
  to 
  Labrador, 
  where 
  it 
  has 
  only 
  

   once 
  been 
  recorded. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  interior 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Miss- 
  

   issippi 
  River, 
  and 
  winters 
  from 
  the 
  Gulf 
  to 
  southern 
  Illinois 
  and 
  

   southern 
  Ohio. 
  The 
  species 
  is 
  somewhat 
  more 
  common 
  in 
  migration 
  

   along 
  the 
  eastern 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  plains, 
  wintering 
  in 
  southern 
  Texas 
  

   and 
  more 
  commonly 
  in 
  northern 
  Mexico. 
  The 
  principal 
  winter 
  home 
  

   is 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  slope 
  from 
  Cape 
  St. 
  Lucas, 
  Lower 
  California, 
  and 
  

   Lake 
  Chapala, 
  Jalisco, 
  to 
  southern 
  British 
  Columbia. 
  The 
  few 
  Asiatic 
  

   birds 
  winter 
  on 
  the 
  coasts 
  of 
  China 
  and 
  Japan. 
  

  

  Spring 
  migration 
  ... 
  — 
  The 
  average 
  date 
  when 
  the 
  first 
  migrants 
  reach 
  

   central 
  Nebraska 
  is 
  March 
  9; 
  Keokuk, 
  Iowa, 
  March 
  19; 
  Aweme, 
  Mani- 
  

   toba, 
  April 
  18 
  (earliest 
  April 
  6, 
  1905); 
  Indian 
  Head, 
  Saskatchewan, 
  

   April 
  22; 
  Fort 
  Vermillion, 
  Alberta, 
  April 
  27, 
  1901; 
  Fort 
  Resolution, 
  

   Mackenzie, 
  May 
  7, 
  1860; 
  Fort 
  Simpson, 
  May 
  11, 
  1901; 
  Fort 
  Enter- 
  

   prise, 
  May 
  17, 
  1821; 
  Fort 
  Anderson, 
  May 
  16, 
  1861, 
  May 
  17. 
  1865; 
  

   Coronation 
  Gulf, 
  May 
  31, 
  1851. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  Pacific 
  slope 
  migration 
  is 
  somewhat 
  earlier; 
  the 
  first 
  appear 
  

   at 
  St. 
  Michael, 
  Alaska, 
  April 
  25 
  to 
  May 
  10; 
  at 
  Nulato, 
  May 
  6-10; 
  

   Kowak 
  River, 
  May 
  10, 
  1899; 
  Point 
  Barrow, 
  May 
  16, 
  1882, 
  May 
  25, 
  

   1883. 
  During 
  the 
  second 
  half 
  of 
  April 
  the 
  last 
  migrants 
  leave 
  the 
  

   region 
  south 
  of 
  Iowa 
  and 
  Nebraska; 
  the 
  average 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  seen 
  at 
  

   Aweme, 
  Manitoba, 
  for 
  six 
  years 
  is 
  May 
  11, 
  and 
  the 
  latest 
  May 
  17, 
  1898; 
  

   the 
  last 
  leave 
  California 
  the 
  first 
  week 
  in 
  May. 
  The 
  first 
  eggs 
  were 
  

   found 
  near 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Yukon 
  May 
  27, 
  1879; 
  downy 
  young 
  were 
  

   seen 
  on 
  the 
  Kowak 
  River 
  June 
  24, 
  1899. 
  

  

  Fall 
  migration. 
  — 
  Adults 
  begin 
  to 
  leave 
  the 
  most 
  northern 
  breeding- 
  

   grounds 
  by 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  July, 
  but 
  so 
  slow 
  is 
  the 
  movement 
  south- 
  

   ward 
  that 
  on 
  the 
  average 
  the 
  first 
  do 
  not 
  appear 
  in 
  southern 
  Manitoba 
  

   until 
  September 
  26 
  (earliest 
  September 
  7, 
  1902), 
  and 
  they 
  reach 
  the 
  

   winter 
  home, 
  Louisiana 
  to 
  Texas, 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  October. 
  At 
  

   the 
  same 
  time 
  the 
  earliest 
  of 
  the 
  fall 
  migrants 
  appear 
  in 
  central 
  Cali- 
  

   fornia, 
  but 
  the 
  main 
  flight 
  does 
  not 
  arrive 
  before 
  November. 
  The 
  

   species 
  has 
  been 
  noted 
  at 
  Stockton, 
  Cal., 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  September 
  7. 
  

   The 
  last 
  was 
  noted 
  at 
  Point 
  Barrow, 
  Alaska, 
  August 
  18, 
  1882; 
  at 
  the 
  

   Kowak 
  River, 
  September 
  12, 
  1898; 
  at 
  St. 
  Michael 
  about 
  October 
  7, 
  

   and 
  near 
  Fort 
  Wrigley, 
  Mackenzie, 
  October 
  9, 
  1903. 
  The 
  average 
  

   date 
  when 
  the 
  last 
  are 
  seen 
  at 
  Aweme, 
  Manitoba, 
  is 
  October 
  13, 
  and 
  

   the 
  latest 
  was 
  November 
  3, 
  1899. 
  

  

  Anser 
  fabalis 
  (Lath.)- 
  Bean 
  Goose. 
  

  

  An 
  Old 
  World 
  species 
  of 
  accidental 
  occurrence 
  (once) 
  in 
  northern 
  

   Greenland. 
  

  

  